“I’m so glad that you aren’t making the decisions when it comes to women’s lives. There are times when a pregnancy threatens a woman’s physical life. I’ve know many women who’ve lost their babies this way and they grieve.
My religion teaches that a woman *must* abort if the pregnancy threatens her life.”
This is such a bogus argument. I can’t think of a good reason why an abortion is necessary to save the life of a mother, and I have worked in a high-risk OB center. This is a total cop-out. What’s more, any religion that teached such a thing is undermining God’s will, Who created that baby & intends for the child to be born. What a relativistic, prideful, and arrogant “religion”.
So you worked in a high-risk OB center and never heard of first or early second trimester preeclampsia? What about an ectopic pregnancy where the mother is hemorrhaging? Killing that baby is an abortion by the strictest of terms.
My mother had a maternal infection and was toxic. She was four months pregnant and nearly died.
Would you terminate a molar pregnancy?
Pregnancy is much less risky than it used to be, but there are still risks.
What I *don’t* see is a situation where the baby must be killed after the 20th week. The baby has to come out dead or alive. Might as well be alive and try to save it.
But there are still tragic situations and I see no reason we should root for two dead people instead of dealing with one.